Washington Today (4-22-24): Pres. Biden on Earth Day, Supreme Court on anti-homeless camping law

President Joe Biden on this Earth Day goes to Triangle, Virginia to announce $7 billion in grants for solar power and new steps for his American Climate Corps.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) responds to the Biden Administration preventing oil and gas drilling a large part of the National Petroleum Reserve area of the Alaska's North Slope.
The Supreme Court hears a case challenging an Oregon city ordinance restricting people, including the homeless, from camping or sleeping in outdoor spaces. The question is whether the law violates the Eight Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) renews her call to replace Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) after the House voted Saturday for $95 billion in foreign aid spending for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.
Members of Congress of both parties react to pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University and other colleges that have led to arrests,
Secretary of State Antony Blinken releases the 2023 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices and is questioned about the report's conclusions that Israel committed serious human rights violations.
Terry Anderson, former journalist who was held hostage by militants in Lebanon, has died. We hear his thoughts on the risks of reporting from a war zone from a 2015 discussion in C-SPAN's Video Library.
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